Dassault Rafale A and Rafale C01 flight tests footage (1 hour) from ECPA

[bercr]

Bande à thèmes : l'avion Rafale.

Bande à thèmes : l'avion Rafale.

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[flateric]

Le Rafale.

Le Rafale.

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[F-2]

@Archibald

I love those flight test set ups

RC01 first flight May 19 1991, the day I was born. My twin!

 

[bercr]

Who knows the name of the manufacturer and the model of the helmet worn by Alain Rabion, then SNECMA test pilot for the flight tests of Rafale A with one M88 turbofan engine? Looks like Gentex HGU-??, but from my point of view it's not, rather experimental helmet from French Gueneau/Optique Scientifique?

 

[bercr]

Looks like a simplified variant (without the external protective shell of the visor) of the Gueneau Mistral worn by then Dassault chief test pilot Guy Mitaux-Maurouard.